Comments on: Starling Marte: leadoff-hitting strikeout machinehttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/04/26/starling-marte-leadoff-hitting-strikeout-machine/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Fri, 18 Aug 2017 04:38:38 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: apkyletexashttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/04/26/starling-marte-leadoff-hitting-strikeout-machine/#comment-695303
Sun, 27 Apr 2014 02:44:37 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=519455#comment-695303Marte was never a leadoff before he got to the big leagues. The only reason he’s been batted there is because they don’t have anyone better for the spot.

It’s a big failure of management that one of their only good on-base guys, McCutchen, is desperately needed in the three hole.

The good news is that Gregory Palonco is absolutely tearing up the AAA level this year with a .417 average and a 1.146 OPS. Hopefully he’ll arrive in the big leagues sometime this year and give the club a few more options for their batting order. Eventually I see Marte working his way into the middle of the order.